Updated July 1, 2024
If you are presenting at a conference, or if you will incur costs associated with your dissertation research, you can apply for one of the following awards. A student can only receive one conference award and one research award per academic year. If you have questions about your eligibility or the process, be in touch with the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Alyssa Stalsberg Canelli.
As of March 20, 2025, research awards are concluded for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Other award opportunities are available from the Office of Graduate Affairs.
PhD Student Conference Awards
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- PhD students from all GSAS programs
- Must be in good academic standing with their program
- Students who are on time-to-degree extensions are not eligible
- Students who are funded through a grant may not be eligible for these awards if the grant will cover travel and research expenses.
- Conference must occur between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025
- Presenting a paper or poster, serving on a panel or giving a talk/workshop. Participation in the conference must be evidenced by a listing in the conference’s official program materials.
- Expenses can include travel, lodging, registration fees
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol
- Conference Award application link
- Applications will be reviewed and approved on a rolling basis (within 2 weeks of submission) by the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs.
- Please note that there are limited award funds available, so apply as soon as your participation has been confirmed by the conference.
- The funding will be awarded on a first-come/first-served basis. Once the funding has been fully awarded, the application will close.
- Submit appropriate documentation (conference material/urls, receipts) in a timely way or the award will be forfeited.
PhD Student Dissertation Research Awards
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- PhD students from all GSAS programs
- Must be in good academic standing with their program
- Students who are on time-to-degree extensions are not eligible
- Students who are funded through a grant may not be eligible for these funds if the grant will cover travel and research expenses.
- Research expenses associated with dissertation project
- Expenses can include: travel, research-related lodging, archival access, research supplies
- Exclusions: no food, alcohol, Brandeis fees/tuition, laptops, software, hardware, textbooks for courses
- Up to $1000 per applicant. While this amount will not fund an entire dissertation project, we encourage you to use this process as a springboard into applying for larger grant/award opportunities.
- Deadlines: November 1, 2024 and March 1, 2025. Applications that are received after November 1 will be held until the March 1, 2025 review cycle.
- Research award applications will be reviewed by a selection committee after the two deadlines, November 1, 2024 and March 1, 2025. Selection committee will include the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs and the Faculty Director of Professional Development.
- Criteria: clarity of the proposed plan, degree progress to date, feasibility of completing the project as outlined, thesis advisor’s support
- Submit appropriate documentation (conference material/urls, receipts) in a timely way, or the award will be forfeited.
Recent Award Recipients
PhD Research
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- Medha Asthana (Anthropology)
- Shaun (Sayan) Biswas (Molecular and Cell Biology)
- Syed Taha Kaleem (Anthropology)
- Ishan Mukhopadhyay (English)
- Quynh Nguyen (Psychology)
- Sargam Sharma (Anthropology)
- Ayse Tugba Silahtar Subasi (History)
- Hui Wen (Anthropology)
- Changhong Zhang (Anthropology)
- Rafael Abrahams (History)
- Inna Blaich (History)
- Alexandra Burkot (Musicology)
- Sungkyung Cho (English)
- Yu-Tung Cheng (Music Composition and Theory)
- Marie Comuzzo (Musicology)
- Lauren Crosser (Sociology)
- Sanchita Dasgupta (Sociology)
- Jillian Franks (Psychology)
- Yi He (English)
- Fangchao Ji (History)
- Alexandra Szabo (History)
- David Tresner-Kirsch (Computer Science)
- Susann Vaeth (History)
- Anna Valcour (Musicology)
- Joseph Yauch (History)
- Tamar Aizenberg (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
- Inna Blaich (History)
- Emily Calobrisi (Psychology)
- Anik Chartrand (English)
- Marie Comuzzo (Musicology)
- Jillian Franks (Psychology)
- Yanli He (History)
- Skyler Inman (Anthropology)
- Hannah Park (Psychology)
- Sargam Sharma (Anthropology)
- Inbar Shifrin (Musicology)
- Luke Sim (Psychology)
- Alexandra Szabo (History)
- Anna Valcour (Musicology)
- Sneha Visakha (Anthropology)
- Joseph Weisberg (History)
- Joseph Yauch (History)
- Rafael Abrahams (History)
- Ashley Gilliam (Psychology)
- Zen Kuriyama (Musicology)
- Manning Zhang (Sociology and Social Policy)
- Ji Min Bang (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
- Jessi Brewer (English)
- Sarah Han (Anthropology)
- Yi He (English)
- Skyler Inman (Anthropology)
- Fangchao Ji (History)
- Syed Taha Kaleem (Anthropology)
- George Van Kollias (Anthropology)
- Bailey Ludwig (English)
- Elizabeth Mahon (Psychology)
- Yiorgos Mannouris (Musicology)
- Miranda Peery (English)
- Daniel Ruggles (Politics)
- Caitlin Sackrison (History)
- Anna Valcour (Musicology)
- Joseph Weisberg (History)
- Yura Yokoyama (Anthropology)
- Changhong Zhang (Anthropology)
- Shirah Malka Cohen (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
- Sarah Beth Gable (History)
- Peizhao Li (Computer Science)
- Joey Low (History)
- Susann Longva Vaeth (History)
- Medha Asthana (Anthropology)
- Jared Berkowitz (History)
- Mina Cho (Musicology)
- George Van Kollias III (Anthropology)
- Joey Low (History)
- Caleb Smith (History)
- Morgan Taylor (Psychology)
- Robert Cochran (History)
- Sarah Beth Gable (History)
- Susann Longva Vaeth (History)
- Alex Luu (Computer Science)
- Ali Puskulcu (Music Composition and Theory)
- Hui Wen (Anthropology)
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